MELUS AWARDS for
DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTION
to ETHNIC STUDIES

1974 Robert E. Spiller

1979 Nicolas Kanellos

1982 Katherine Newman

1983 Brom Weber

1985 Blyden Jackson

1986 A. LaVonne Ruoff

1987 John M. Reilly

1988 Charles Nichols

1989 Mitsuye Yamada

1990 Paul Lauter

1991 Jean Fagan Yellin

1992 Charles Nilon

1993 Daniel Walden

1994 Barbara Christian

1995 Michael S. Harper and Jules Chametzky

1996 Eric Sundquist and Nellie McKay

1997 Amy Ling

1998 Helen Jaskoski

1999 Raymund Paredes

2000 Helen Barolini

2003 Werner Sollors

2004 Joe Skerrett

2005 Tey Diana Rebolledo

2007 Amritjit Singh, Thadious Davis

2008 John Lowe

2009 Shirley Geok-lin Lim

2010 Cheng Lok Chua

2011 Gerald Vizenor

2012 Houston Baker